Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Puranas. Gaṇeśapurāṇa. Upāsanākhaṇḍa. Selections.

Gaṇeśapurāṇa, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 31 cm.

First eight chapters of the Upāsanākhaṇḍa, the first of two sections of an Upapurāṇa dedicated to the Hindu deity Gaṇeśa, the elephant headed god; this section is dedicated to the devotion of Gaṇeśa; the opening chapters deal with the mythology surrounding a king named Somakānta who is stricken with leprosy and his discourse with the sage Bhṛgu.

Title from colophon (f. 14v).

Written in 11 lines per leaf.

14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadgaṇeśapurāṇe upāsanākhaṃḍe so[ma]kāṃtapurṇajankanirūpaṇaṃ nāma aṣṭamodhyāyaḥ 8 (f. 14v).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins in red; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Non-Latin script record.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2361

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2361

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

गणेशपुराण, १७००-१८५०.